> I thought the RDB$DB_KEY was unique to each row? Could this not be
> used to identify the row for deletion?

Rick,

Exactly the reason why I was asking for its purpose :-)

Read the documents at the links I send as a response.

RDB$DB_KEY is valid for the current transaction only.

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